Scots split with Calvin

The Alma College baseball team split its doubleheader against Calvin College Tuesday as it lost the opener 4-2 before rebounding in the nightcap with a 4-1 victory.

In the opener, the Scots (11-20, 8-12 MIAA) took an early lead with two runs in the second inning with both coming in on an error off a single by Micah Parshall.

But the Knights (11-19, 6-14 MIAA) responded with a three-run third inning and never again trailed. Calvin tacked on an insurance run in the seventh to close it out.

Donny Lee (2-4) took the loss for Alma College as he gave up four earned runs on 11 hits with six strikeouts and one walk over seven innings.

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Ryan Henris was the only Scot with multiple hits as he went 2-for-4.

A two-run first inning in game two for Alma College staked it to an advantage that it would not relinquish. Matt Stephens drove in both runs in the frame with a two-run single.

Calvin College would get one of the runs back in the second and the game would stay at 2-1 until the sixth when the Scots added two more runs to close it out. Stephens scored the first run in the frame on an error, while Henris drove in the second one with an RBI single.

Kevin Thompson (3-2) earned the win for Alma College as he gave up one run (none earned) on five hits with one strikeout and three walks over seven innings.

Alma College will play Calvin College in a doubleheader in Grand Rapids again today. The first game is slated to start at 2 p.m.